ISTE+2011+Conference+Handouts

[|**App-solutely Changing Special Education: Leading the iPad Revolution (IEAR Affiliated)**]


 * After looking through this site I came across another company called [|Nearpod]**
 * The website appears to still be in a pilot program and not available through anything but the pilot. Basically this website is what students would use while they are in a classroom lecture setting. It allows immediate feedback to the teacher and makes every student accountable for their learning. I have seen sites similar to this, such as socrative, but the downside to socrative is how the feedback is shown. I think their is a lot of potential for this site.**
 * Along with Nearpod this website has a variety of nice app recommendations that are worth looking into.**

[|**30-Second Tech Challenge: Student Expression Using Animoto**]


 * I really liked the idea this school has come up with. It is a middle school and they are giving students an opportunity to express themselves once a month on a specific theme. I have not used Animoto in class very much simply because I felt it was a struggle using it in a justifiable way. I have been interested in using it since I enjoying creating things that revolve around video creation.**

[| **Empower Yourself With the iPad: There's an App for That!**]


 * This website gave a wealth of valuable knowledge for both a teacher and a technology coordinator. On the homepage it reviewed various products, which would have been valuable for our district several months ago. We recently purchased 12 new iPad cases and have already had 3 of them destroyed. It also mentions a document camera that we recently purchased for every classroom teacher. One site that I was redirected to was [|iTunesU]I was actually very pleased with this because I was able to locate something that was previously mentioned in one of the webinars that I watched called** [|Lit2Go] **an iTunesU series out of the University of Souther Florida. iTunesU is a great resource, but with the exception of advanced students I find it difficult to utlize to its fullest potential at the elementary level.**

[|**Oh, the Things You Can Do with Google Spreadsheets and Forms**]


 * This website ended up having a lot of little tips that are great in education. Many of the tips are things that are simple enough for even the most basic user to do. One thing she talked about was using the app sock puppets for digital story telling. This seems to be a very popular theme, but the great thing about using something like this is that it allows students to become published with out necessarily having the written work published. I did eventually find a handout that talked about the conference and one thing I really thought was neat is having students create a picture using the spreadsheet coloring each cell a different color. It is a great way for students to get the basic idea of how to change the color of the cell as well as the size.**

[|**Perk Up Your Projects with Web 2.0**]


 * This site had a lot of innovative ways to use web 2.0 tools in the classroom. One thing that I plan on trying in the near future is creating comics. The site gives you a variety of ideas in how you can integrate comic creation into the classroom. Some examples include creating an autobiography, practicing new vocabulary words, and allowing students to demonstrate what they know on a particular piece of history. The site also mentions glogster which is a great tool that I have been actively using for the past few years, the students absolutely love it. The site also gives other examples to use such as mixbooks and notaland. The website also offers a variety of animated timelines that students can create. One nice example of this was a site called Capzles. This allows students to take pictures and add photos, video, audio, and text to their projects. There is an app for iDevices, but so far I have found that not to be very stable.The last one that I had not heard of until recently is Prezi. I have not had much experience with this so I am excited about trying it out.**